http://planetgreen.discovery.com RSS Feed for a Tag http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-wolf-hunting.html Wolves are either an endangered species or the enemy of farmers, depending on perspective. A hunting season was just reinstated for this once endangered animal, to no small opposition from conservationists. Wolves are either an endangered species or the enemy of farmers, depending on perspective. A hunting season was just reinstated for this once endangered animal, to no small opposition from conservationists. Animals Endangered Species Focus Earth Issues Outdoors Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-wolf-hunting.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-prairie-environmentalists.html Usually at odds with each other, ranchers and conservationists have come together in the American west to conserve and revive the health of the American prairie. A respect for the land and the need to keep it healthy have created these unlikely but fruitful partnerships. Usually at odds with each other, ranchers and conservationists have come together in the American west to conserve and revive the health of the American prairie. A respect for the land and the need to keep it healthy have created these unlikely but fruitful partnerships. Animals Endangered Species Focus Earth Issues Outdoors Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-prairie-environmentalists.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-safety-geese.html Ever since the US Airways scare in New York, geese have been blamed for endangering air safety. But it's not such a fair game. Killing geese (the wrong kind) while they're grounded is not the answer. Ever since the US Airways scare in New York, geese have been blamed for endangering air safety. But it's not such a fair game. Killing geese (the wrong kind) while they're grounded is not the answer. Animals Focus Earth Issues Pollution Transportation Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-safety-geese.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/fashion-beauty/focus-earth-hollywood-green.html Hollywood institutions are taking eco-friendly baby steps, with a few individuals making real strides for environment. But the entertainment industry on the whole has to do more than buy offsets before it can really call itself green. Hollywood institutions are taking eco-friendly baby steps, with a few individuals making real strides for environment. But the entertainment industry on the whole has to do more than buy offsets before it can really call itself green. Carbon Neutral Carbon Offsets Focus Earth Issues Green Celebrities Pollution Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/fashion-beauty/focus-earth-hollywood-green.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/focus-earth-carbon-neutral.html Fox News announced more than a year ago that it would be carbon neutral by 2010, and 24 was the first show to live up to the goal. How'd it get there, and is the rest of the network on track? Fox News announced more than a year ago that it would be carbon neutral by 2010, and 24 was the first show to live up to the goal. How'd it get there, and is the rest of the network on track? Carbon Footprint Carbon Offsets Focus Earth Issues Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:00:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/focus-earth-carbon-neutral.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-norton-marathon.html Ed Norton invited three of his Maasai friends to travel from Kenya to run with him in the NYC marathon (which he's never run before-and it's not easy, he's already having shin splints.). The cause? Conservation back home in Kenya, a nation famous for its runners. Norton first visited Kenya nearly ten years ago, and when he found the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, he realized he found a group that had stumbled upon a path to sustainability that makes sense. Ed Norton invited three of his Maasai friends to travel from Kenya to run with him in the NYC marathon (which he's never run before-and it's not easy, he's already having shin splints.). The cause? Conservation back home in Kenya, a nation famous for its runners. Norton first visited Kenya nearly ten years ago, and when he found the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, he realized he found a group that had stumbled upon a path to sustainability that makes sense. Endangered Species Environmental Charity Focus Earth Issues Green Celebrities Nature Outdoors Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:30:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-norton-marathon.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/focus-earth-climate-economics.html While many climate change and public health specialists argue that climate change will enable infectious diseases to spread like they never have before, others disagree--with some saying that some infectious disease rates will even decline, and others taking the view that the spread (or control) of disease is primarily a matter of wealth. While many climate change and public health specialists argue that climate change will enable infectious diseases to spread like they never have before, others disagree--with some saying that some infectious disease rates will even decline, and others taking the view that the spread (or control) of disease is primarily a matter of wealth. Climate Change Focus Earth Issues Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:30:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/focus-earth-climate-economics.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/focus-earth-malaria-climate.html As the seasons change and temperatures rise due to climate change, infectious diseases could start to spread to new places, and faster, than we've known them to do in the past. Lyme disease spreading to Canada and Dengue to the U.S. are just the beginning. As the seasons change and temperatures rise due to climate change, infectious diseases could start to spread to new places, and faster, than we've known them to do in the past. Lyme disease spreading to Canada and Dengue to the U.S. are just the beginning. Climate Change Focus Earth Issues Health Insects Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/focus-earth-malaria-climate.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-dengue-fever.html Matamoros, Mexico is facing an uphill battle against one of the world's worst insect-transmitted diseases, and the Texas border is not far away. How are officials there working to stop the disease from escalating within the town, and from spreading north? Matamoros, Mexico is facing an uphill battle against one of the world's worst insect-transmitted diseases, and the Texas border is not far away. How are officials there working to stop the disease from escalating within the town, and from spreading north? Climate Change Focus Earth Issues Health Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:30:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/focus-earth-dengue-fever.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/focus-earth-border-security.html Infectious diseases could start to spread to new places, and faster, as temperatures rise. With Dengue on the verge of entering the U.S. and other diseases apt to spread in ways they haven't before, new techniques are needed to step up the fight of disease prevention. Infectious diseases could start to spread to new places, and faster, as temperatures rise. With Dengue on the verge of entering the U.S. and other diseases apt to spread in ways they haven't before, new techniques are needed to step up the fight of disease prevention. Climate Change Focus Earth Issues Health Insects Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:20:37 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/focus-earth-border-security.html